Courageous The Description of Humbert Humbert

40 In order to judge whether somebody is a pedophile or not, the writer do not wholly concerned to the past of that person, but rather on the symptoms. Based on the findings about Humbert’s characteristics, the writer would like to emphasize that Humbert was interested in underage girls. Now I wish to introduce the following idea. Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nympic that is demoniac; and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as “nymphets” Nabokov, 2008: 15. Humbert ’s relationship with an underage girl can be seen in the novel while he was with two characters, Monique and Lolita. The writer, however, has excluded Monique from the analysis for she was a prostitute, not a victim. As a prostitute, sexual intercourse happening between her and Humbert were voluntary, of course, in exchange of money. Meanwhile Lolita was chosen in this analysis because she was a victim of Humbert’s pedophilia and the whole story was about Humbert’s relationship with Lolita. In chapter one of this study, the writer has already mentioned studies of the characteristics of Humbert. Now as the studies were picked to support the analysis on Humbert’s pedophilia, the writer highlighted events and deeds of Humbert in the novel that met the characteristics of someone being a pedophile. The characteristics of pedophilia that can be revealed are long term persistent pattern of behavior that results in jealousy, children as preferred sexual object and well-developed techniques obtaining victim as the reflection of Humbert’s possessive, sexual fantasy to disguise his sex obsession toward children, and maintain a facade resulteing in negative courage. 41

1. Long Term Persistent Pattern of Behavior Resulting in Jealousy

Sexual Assault Response Center, or SARC said that long term persistent pattern of behavior of a pedophile are limited social contact as a teenager, frequent and unexpected moves, planned, repeated, or high-risk attempts. Humbert as a pedophile do have limited social contact as a teenager and also high- risk attempts. Humbert was not near to his family. He lost his mother as a child. He was not taken care of his father but his aunt. As a teenager he was sent to a school in another town, and during his study, Hu mbert’s father married again, it separated them completely. Humbert who puts his father as his role model felt disappointment when he was a teenager, since than he was mostly alone. Another cause of Humbert’s limited social contact was Annabel, Humbert’s first love, who died because of typhus and left Humbert in a lonely pain. Afterwards, he never had a good relationship with women. It can be concluded that Humbert lost many people that he love in his life and was mostly alone. Issues of loss of a partner o r family as well as loss of somebody’s closest bond can trigger anxiety as well depression. While being in a relationship with Lolita, Humbert felt that what he wanted was fulfilled, without loneliness, and he wanted to keep what he got. Shauna Springer Ph,D from Clinical Psychology Associates of North Central Florida in her article titled Jealousy is a Dangerous Sword views that jealousy’s factor are comparison, competition, and the fear of being replaced. Humbert’s fear of being replaced was shown by his great jealousy to all people around Lolita. Humbert got the negative effect or destructive forms of